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School

University of Guelph

Department

Political Science

Course

POLS 3490

Professor

Ian Spears

Semester

Fall

Description

October 8 2013, POLS 3490
POLS 3490 The Conflict in the Middle East October 8 2013
Conflict & Conflict Resolution
Guests:
Amir Locker Biletzki
Ph.D.
Mohammad Yaghi
Ph.D. candidate
The wars of the former Yugoslavia 1991-1995, 1998-1999
Yugoslavia is a nation of six states, five cultures, four languages, three religions, two
alphabets, but one political party under Josip Broz Tito
Making peace with the guilty
- Be careful when you attribute labels to belligerents, it may be that both “good
guys” and “bad guys” are motivated by the same fears and concerns
- Must understand where people are coming from
“All factions in the former Yugoslavia have pursued the same objective— avoiding
minority status in Yugoslavia or any successor state…”
- As it broke up into its component territories new minorities were created.
- Succ